Recent applications of ultrasonic waves in improved oil recovery: A review of techniques and results

H Hamidi, AS Haddad, EW Otumudia, R Rafati… - Ultrasonics, 2021 - Elsevier
Ultrasound technique is an inexpensive and ecofriendly technology commonly used in oil
and gas industry to improve oil recovery and its applications have been successfully tested …

Laboratory evaluation to field application of ultrasound: A state-of-the-art review on the effect of ultrasonication on enhanced oil recovery mechanisms

A Agi, R Junin, MZ Jaafar, MA Sidek, F Yakasai… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ultrasonic applications have proven to be successful in the laboratory and in the field.
However, a review on the influence of ultrasound on enhanced oil recovery (EOR) …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in ultrasonic production units for enhanced oil recovery in China

Z Wang, R Fang, H Guo - Ultrasonics sonochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
With the development of oil recovery technology, ultrasonic technology has been involved in
oil production and oilfield development. The mechanism of ultrasonic wave plugging in near …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental study on viscosity reduction for residual oil by ultrasonic

X Huang, C Zhou, Q Suo, L Zhang, S Wang - Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Because of characteristics of large density, high viscosity and poor mobility, the processing
and transportation of residual oil are difficult and challenging, viscosity reduction of residual …

Effect of ultrasound on the viscosity-temperature properties of crude oils of various compositions

MS Mullakaev, GI Volkova, OM Gradov - Theoretical Foundations of …, 2015 - Springer
The effect of ultrasonic treatment on the viscosity-temperature properties of crude oils of
various component compositions has been studied. The efficiency of ultrasonication …

Current status and future trends of in situ catalytic upgrading of extra heavy oil

Z Wu, H Chen, X Cai, Q Gou, L Jiang, K Chen, Z Chen… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
In situ catalytic upgrading of heavy oil decomposes viscous heavy oil underground through
a series of complex chemical and physical reactions with the aid of an injected catalyst, and …

Condensate blockage removal using microwave and ultrasonic waves: Discussion on rock mechanical and electrical properties

S Karami, AHS Dehaghani, SAHS Mousavi - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Condensate formation near the wellbore is considered as one of the challenging problems
affecting the production from a gas reservoir. Two types of mechanical and electromagnetic …

[HTML][HTML] Study on frequency optimization and mechanism of ultrasonic waves assisting water flooding in low-permeability reservoirs

X Li, C Pu, X Chen, F Huang, H Zheng - Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Water flooding is one of widely used technique to improve oil recovery from conventional
reservoirs, but its performance in low-permeability reservoirs is barely satisfactory. Besides …

Acoustic stimulation of oil production by a downhole emitter based on a jet-driven Helmholtz oscillator

EA Marfin, RN Gataullin, AA Abdrashitov - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of oil fields by the most common waterflooding method leads to an
increase in the water cut of the recoverable oil and a low oil recovery factor (for Russia …

Mechanism and kinetic study on ultrasonically enhanced reduction leaching of zinc suboxide

M Liang, J Dai, H Di, K Zhu, K Yang, L Zhang - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
The leaching process represents the primary bottleneck in achieving efficient utilization of
zinc suboxide, thereby resulting in a squandering of germanium resources. In this Article, the …